voncookie | May 19, 2010
It’s said by those who knew her well that my friend Dee had the most terrific luck whenever she came to Nevada. She would win at whatever she played, often paying for the trip itself… or at least for a dinner or two. I’m lucky right now too. Not because I’ve won anything, but because [...]
voncookie | May 4, 2010
… it’s more like an Identity Block: a cross between “identity crisis” and “writer’s block”… In other words, now that I am in the Götterdämmerung of my years as a graduate student, and about to embark on this new job that pulls on old wisdom, I am at a loss for things to say, because [...]
voncookie | May 1, 2010
TooBeaut and I went to Miscellaneous-Telephone-Company Park last night for the sfgtweetup event, and had an absolute blast. Not only did we have the best hot dogs IMAGINABLE (at the Hebrew National stand on the Promenade Level, right behind the Press Boxes) but we got to sit in the bleachers and people-watch all night. Or [...]
voncookie | November 26, 2009
I was just thinking about the many, many times I’ve been in love. I tend to fall in love at the drop of a hat, it’s true, and thus the “many, many” part of that statement. I’ve loved people from across the spectrum– I’m an Equal Opportunity Employer –quite a range of personalities and talents, [...]
voncookie | November 22, 2009
You know you have a truly inviolable friendship with someone when you can call them up after not talking for a year and pick up *exactly* where you left off. I am so lucky to have a wealth of this particular type of friend, and as I live at a great distance from most of [...]
voncookie | November 1, 2009
I was recently anticipating a very, very high-drama Halloween, filled with unrequited lust, triangular tension, and (worst case scenario) plenty of tears… not to mention drunkenness. All of this as a consequence of being 19-for-two-days, too much eyeliner, and perhaps that evil, evil man, Johnnie Walker. Luckily, absolutely NONE of this came to pass. I [...]
voncookie | October 17, 2009
I just drove by C’s house– where Dee used to live– to see if C (or anyone else) was there, on the off chance that maybe I could quell this afternoon’s melancholy feeling about Dee’s death with some company and some shared memories, and maybe a little talk about Teh Now, and what’s happening in [...]
voncookie | October 6, 2009
This past weekend I received two unexpected treats: 1) I got word that a paper of mine has been accepted for a conference and 2) I got to see an old friend from Big U who showed up unexpectedly in Liberal Paradise, visiting from distant lands where football reigns supreme. (Which is not to say [...]
voncookie | November 8, 2007
I’ve been accused in my time of being anti-social, of being shy, of being snobby, even. Am I any of these things? The answer is… not really. Believe it or not, I enjoy people, I enjoy going out, I even (*gasp*) enjoy speaking Spanish (the people in my department will never believe that). I enjoy [...]
voncookie | November 7, 2007
Sitting here in the apartment watching Metro a Metro, and a great game show it is, and about all my poor little beer-pickled brain can handle. Last night, for lack of a better word, rocked. Felipe and his friend Rui showed up about 15 minutes after I got there, long enough for me to start [...]
